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lacteal

[ lak-tee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
  2. Anatomy. conveying or containing chyle.


noun

  1. Anatomy. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.

lacteal

/ ˈlæktɪəl /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling milk
  2. (of lymphatic vessels) conveying or containing chyle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. any of the lymphatic vessels conveying chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈlacteally, adverb
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Other Words From

  • lacte·al·ly adverb
  • non·lacte·al adjective
  • non·lacte·al·ly adverb
  • pre·lacte·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lacteal1

1625–35; < Latin lacte ( us ) milky ( lacteous ) + -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lacteal1

C17: from Latin lacteus of milk, from lac milk
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Example Sentences

Human milk is sterile when secreted, but derives a few bacteria from the lacteal ducts.

Make an incision in its bark, wherever you will, and it exudes a white lacteal fluid, which hardens on exposure to the air.

The general public subscribes to Mudie, and has its intellectual, like its lacteal sustenance, sent round to it in carts.

I took a seven-year course in the gentle art of acquiring the lacteal fluid.

And there isn't anything I like better when camping out than plenty of hen fruit, together with the lacteal fluid from the cows.

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